FAMOUS FAILURES
IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT THIS NOBEL PRIZE WINNER COULDN'T SPEAK UNTIL THE AGE OF THREE CAUSING HIS TEACHERS AND PARENTS TO THINK HE WAS MENTALLY HANDICAPPED
A. ISAAC NEWTON
B. THOMAS EDISON
C. ALBERT EINSTEIN
D. CHARLES DARWIN
C. ALBERT EINSTEIN
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS INVENTION OF THE TELEPHONE, REFUSED TO HAVE THE PHONE IN HIS STUDY. WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THIS?
A. HE FEARED IT WOULD DISTRACT HIM FROM HIS WORK.
B. HE WANTED A RADIO MORE THAN A TELEPHONE.
C. HE DID NOT WANT TO TALK TO PEOPLE.
D. HE HAD THE ONLY TELEPHONE IN HIS PLACE.
A. HE FEARED IT WOULD DISTRACT HIM FROM HIS WORK.
WHERE COULD YOU BE FINED FOR RUNNING OUT OF FUEL WHILE DRIVING YOUR CAR?
A. ITALY
B. MALAYSIA
C. GERMANY
D. PHILIPPINES
C. GERMANY
WHAT WAS THE SHORTEST WAR IN HUMAN HISTORY?
A. THE WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND ZANZIBAR
B. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
C. MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
D. KOREAN WAR
A. THE WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND ZANZIBAR
KEN GRIFFEY JR. HAD A CANDY BAR NAMED AFTER HIM. HOWEVER, WHAT WAS THE REASON WHY HE COULD NOT EAT THIS?
A. HE IS ALLERGIC TO HIS OWN CANDY BAR.
B. HE DOES NOT LIKE THE TASTE.
C. HE DISLIKES CHOCOLATES.
D. HE HAS DIABETES.
A. HE IS ALLERGIC TO HIS OWN CANDY BAR.
DUBBED "THE WIZARD OF MENLO PARK", THIS INVENTOR HAD ONLY THREE MONTHS OF OFFICIAL SCHOOLING.
A. THOMAS EDISON
B. ALEXANDER BELL
C. JOHANNES GUTENBERG
D. JOHN LOGIE BAIRD
A. THOMAS EDISON
WHO IS THE INVENTOR OF SUPER-SAFE TIRES WHO DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT?
A. ROBERT WILLIAM THOMSON
B. JOHN BOYD DUNLOP
C. CHARLES GOODYEAR
D. PIERRE MICHELIN
D. PIERRE MICHELIN
ONE TOWN IN THE USA MAKES IT ILLEGAL FOR A CHICKEN TO CROSS THE ROAD. WHICH STATE IS IT IN?
A. ALABAMA
B. UTAH
C. GEORGIA
D. IOWA
C. GEORGIA
HOW LONG DID THE WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND ZANZIBAR LAST?
A. BETWEEN 38 & 45 MINUTES
B. BETWEEN 40 & 46 MINUTES
C. BETWEEN 42 & 48 MINUTES
D. BETWEEN 44 & 50 MINUTES
A. BETWEEN 38 & 45 MINUTES
WHAT IS THE ONLY COLOR OF UNDERWEAR ALLOWED TO BE WORN BY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UMPIRES WHILE ON THE JOB?
A. BLACK
B. RED
C. WHITE
D. GRAY
A. BLACK
HE WAS FIRED BY A NEWSPAPER EDITOR BECAUSE "HE LACKED IMAGINATION AND HAD NO GOOD IDEAS". HE HAS A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT WENT BANKRUPT BEFORE HE FINALLY FOUND A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.
A. JACK LONDON
B. CHARLIE CHAPLIN
C. THEODOR SEUSS GIESEL
D. WALT DISNEY
D. WALT DISNEY
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE KODAK FOUNDER WHO HATED TO HAVE HIS PICTURE TAKEN?
A. GEORGE EASTMAN
B. LOUIS LE PRINCE
C. JOSEPH NICEPHORE NIEPCE
D. ALFRED STIEGLITZ
A. GEORGE EASTMAN
WHERE IS IT ILLIGAL TO DISRUPT A WEDDING OR FUNERAL?
A. FRANCE
B. AUSTRALIA
C. UK
D. NEW ZEALAND
B. AUSTRALIA
HOW MANY YEARS DID THE 100 YEARS WAR LAST?
A. 110 YEARS
B. 116 YEARS
C. 118 YEARS
D. 120 YEARS
B. 116 YEARS
A. MICHAEL JORDAN
B. TIGER WOODS
C. KEVIN DURANT
D. RUSSELL WILSON
A. MICHAEL JORDAN
THIS SCIENTIST, WHO NEGLECTED HIS MEDICAL EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, WROTE "I WAS CONSIDERED BY ALL MY MASTERS AND MY FATHER, A VERY ORDINARY BOY, RATHER BELOW THE COMMON STANDARD OF INTELLECT".
A. ISAAC NEWTON
B. ROBERT STERNBERG
C. CHARLES DARWIN
D. SIGMUND FREUD
C. CHARLES DARWIN
WHY IS RICE PAPER CALLED RICE PAPER EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO RICE IN IT?
A. IT MEANS THE PAPER USED TO PACKAGE RICE.
B. IT IS AS WHITE AS RICE.
C. IT IS A STAPLE FOOD LIKE RICE.
D. IT IS EDIBLE LIKE RICE.
A. IT MEANS THE PAPER USED TO PACKAGE RICE.
WHAT CITY BANNED KISSING ON A TRAIN PLATFORM?
A. PARIS
B. BERLIN
C. LONDON
D. ROME
A. PARIS
HOW MANY DAYS IN A WEEK WERE THERE IN ANCIENT ROMAN TIMES?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 12
B. 8
WHY DID PITTSBURGH PIRATES BECOME POPULAR AT ON POINT IN AUGUST 1971?
A. THE TEAM WAS UNBEATABLE
B. THE TEAM HAD A FEMALE MEMBER
C. THE TEAM WAS THE 1ST PROFESSIONAL TEAM TO FIELD NINE PLAYERS WHO WERE EITHER BLACK OR LATINO
D. THE TEAM PLAYED WITH 8 PLAYERS
C. THE TEAM WAS THE 1ST PROFESSIONAL TEAM TO FIELD NINE PLAYERS WHO WERE EITHER BLACK OR LATINO
THIS BRITISH POLITICIAN AND NOBEL PRIZE WINNER GENERALLY HAD A POOR ACADEMIC RECORD IN SCHOOL AND FAILED THE SIXTH GRADE. HE ALSO HAD A SPEECH IMPEDIMENT WHICH HE WORKED TO OVERCOME.
A. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
B. JAMES CALLAGHAN
C. WINSTON CHURCHILL
D. TONY BLAIR
C. WINSTON CHURCHILL
P.J. TIERNEY IS THE FATHER OF THE MODERN DINER. WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH?
A. STROKE
B. INDIGESTION
C. HEART ATTACK
D. ASTHMA
B. INDIGESTION
WHICH FRUIT IS BANNED ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACROSS MANY ASIAN COUNTRIES?
A. LYCHEES
B. MANGOSTEEN
C. DURIAN
D. JACKFRUIT
D. JACKFRUIT
HOW MANY DAYS WAS WILLIAM HARRISON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
A. 28
B. 30
C. 32
D. 34
C. 32
WHICH BASKETBALL PLAYER APPEARS AS THE SILHOUETTE ON THE NBA LOGO?
A. MICHAEL JORDAN
B. JERRY WEST
C. WILT CHAMBERLAIN
D. BILL RUSSELL
B. JERRY WEST